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- OBJECT TYPE
- horizontal stabiliser section
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0143.001
- MANUFACTURER
- McDonnell Douglas
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- horizontal stabiliser section
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predominantly smooth silver metal exterior; metal, synthetic and possibly fibreglass (?) components.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 107.0 cm
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 99.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- McDonnell Douglas
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Before 1967; possibly also used later as display/study item.
- Canada
-
Designed, built and used by National Research Council of Canada to operate flight impact simulators. [FIS] This research, conducted in Canada since the mid-1960s, has contributed to making aircraft as bird resistant as possible. This piece is a section of the horizontal stabiliser of a McDonnell Douglas DC-8. It is believed to originate from an accident which occurred at Ottawa on May 19, 1967 involving TCA DC-8-54F aircraft CF-TJM, fin #813. [Ref. 4] - Function
-
Contributes to longitudinal (pitch) and/or directional (yaw) stability and control of an airplane. - Technical
-
The Dash 8 stabiliser is a typical airplane component used during test firings. [Ref. 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No dominant external markings visible. Markings on exposed panel of frame include"5654518-4", "B [logo] 16", and "CLAD 707ST6".
- Missing
- Not complete: specific components missing are unknown. Two large holes present in structure.
- Finish
- Predominantly smooth silver metal exterior; metal, synthetic and possibly fibreglass (?) components.
- Decoration
- N/A
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